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fma(3) Library Functions Manualfma(3)fma, fmaf, fmal - floating-point multiply and add
Math library (libm,-lm)
#include <math.h>double fma(doublex, doubley, doublez);float fmaf(floatx, floaty, floatz);long double fmal(long doublex, long doubley, long doublez); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (seefeature_test_macros(7)):fma(),fmaf(),fmal(): _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
These functions computex *y +z. The result is rounded as one ternary operation according to the current rounding mode (seefenv(3)).
These functions return the value ofx *y +z, rounded as one ternary operation. Ifx ory is a NaN, a NaN is returned. Ifx timesy is an exact infinity, andz is an infinity with the opposite sign, a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned. If one ofx ory is an infinity, the other is 0, andz is not a NaN, a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned. If one ofx ory is an infinity, and the other is 0, andz is a NaN, a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned. Ifx timesy is not an infinity times zero (or vice versa), andz is a NaN, a NaN is returned. If the result overflows, a range error occurs, and an infinity with the correct sign is returned. If the result underflows, a range error occurs, and a signed 0 is returned.
Seemath_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions. The following errors can occur: Domain error:x * y + z, orx * y is invalid andz is not a NaN An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised. Range error: result overflow An overflow floating-point exception (FE_OVERFLOW) is raised. Range error: result underflow An underflow floating-point exception (FE_UNDERFLOW) is raised. These functions do not seterrno.
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │fma(),fmaf(),fmal() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
glibc 2.1. C99, POSIX.1-2001.
remainder(3),remquo(3)
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